sleepwalker
5 x 7 gouache on illustration board.
July 24, 2008
July 18, 2008
the last leg
5 x 7 gouache on illustration board.
go, boy, go!
...I think he's had enough.
July 10, 2008
the first amphibian
4.5 x 6.5 oval gouache on illustration board.
"Hello, there, friend..."
This piece came completely out of left field-- I did the lineart in a bar on a whim (since it's so close to my upcoming August show, I always have some primed illustration board in my bag to work on-- it's a sickness, I tell you!) and the setting developed as I was painting. I'm so surprised by it-- I wasn't planning on it being this dark, but I really love this place I discovered, so safe and dreamlike... I had to restrain myself from painting prehistoric insects slicing the air...
I don't know if it's readily apparent, but our little adventurous friend has a Darwin fish on the back of his boat.
July 09, 2008
sea cucumber
1.5 x 2.5 gouache miniature.
Some ladies have all the luck. I wish my pets were this ornamental.
July 07, 2008
a catch & a release
Got Me One, 3 x 5 gouache on illustration board.
A Brave Voyage Ends, 3 x 5 gouache on illustration board.
July 03, 2008
houseboat
11 x 14 full size, 8 x 12 image size gouache on illustration board.
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I've always thought that ocean living is probably pretty bleak once you move away from the reefs & caves... very lonely. Best bet is to colonize & fortify. (although I hear the turtles like these jellies the most, on account of their incredible delicious crunch...)
June 27, 2008
the incident by the dockside.
4.5 x 6.5 oval gouache on illustration board.
he who laughs last...
as I was working all the details on those houses I realized what a creepy theatre audience they made for the fight outside the shrimp shack...
June 23, 2008
the arrival
11 x 14 gouache on illustration board.
I am so very happy to be able to share this piece at long last. I've been thinking of this place for a very long time; the size itself of this piece, since I've gotten so accustomed to working small, is really satisfying-- you can really get lost walking around in it, if you know what I mean. Buy yourself a sausage, or perhaps a slave-boy, while you're there. Watch out for those damned aukle birds, though, they'll snatch away either in a moment.
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This was definitely one of those sorts of rabbit-hole pieces where the details could be laid on (and on, and on) until one's eyes roll out of one's head, but for sake of deadline and sanity let's call this one done.
//edit: I added a pic of the inside of the beast. Now my geekiness shall be revealed to the whole world, not just those who can stick their face close enough to this in person to see...
June 16, 2008
the concubine's attic
4.5 x 6.5 oval gouache on illustration board.
I've had actual humans haunting my sketches for a while but none have made it into a painting for a long time. I don't know why, but I've had a hard time making them fit into narratives---sometimes their presence seems so forced and pointless--and my little long-necked baddies always seem more fit for the job. Anyway, here's a good complicated narrative, including a human.
I may continue to be under the radar for a while, but it's only because I'm cooking up Very Special Things. One of these selfsame things is lurking in this piece; it can barely wait to come to fruition.
June 02, 2008
the fishing shack
Just a little ditty to start your week off right...
I think I would never leave my apartment if it did the grocery shopping for me. Damned birds won't leave me alone, though.
A bit of news: the print of Preflight that I blogged about a while back is now available on preorder! Go get 'em! They're right here. Thanks to everyone who responded to my earlier post about perhaps wanting one!
